WEBVTT LISA: AN URGENT SEARCH TONIGHT FOR A BOY POLICE BELIEVE WAS ABDUCTED. SYLACAUGA POLICE ARE TRYING TO FIND 5-YEAR-OLD MALACHI QUINTANILL THEY SAY A WOMAN RELATED TO HIS BIOLOGIAL FATHER TOOK THE CHILD, WHEN HE GOT OFF THE BUS AT AUTUMN TRACE APARTMENTS. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE SHE’S IN A GREY CAR, HEADED TOWARD NEW OR

Update: Malachi Quintanilla has been found safe. Authorities said Tuesday he was found in Lee County, Mississippi.

The Sylacauga Police Department is asking for the public's help in finding a 5-year-old boy who investigators believe was abducted at a bus stop Monday afternoon.

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Malachi Quintanilla, who's 4-foot-3, 50 pounds and has brown hair and brown eyes, was last seen getting off the school bus near Autumn Trace Apartments. Police said they believe the boy may have been taken by a woman who's related to the biological father.

"This abduction is not believed to be a random act," police said on social media. "Information obtained from the custodial parent is that the female may be related to the biological father and is believed to be heading toward New Orleans, Louisiana where the father resides."